{"id":598,"date":"2011-07-11T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/598"},"modified":"2011-07-11T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:00:10","slug":"mozilla-project-meeting-minutes-2011-07-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/598","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Project Meeting Minutes: 2011-07-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-11<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\">WeeklyUpdates<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-06-27\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-06-27\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-18&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-18 (page does not exist)\">next week \u00bb<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>&lt;script&gt;if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &#8220;show&#8221;; var tocHideText = &#8220;hide&#8221;; showTocToggle(); } &lt;\/script&gt;<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Video for today&#8217;s meeting <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&lt;video controls=&#8221;controls&#8221;&gt;&lt;source src=&#8221;http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/air_mozilla\/monday_meetings\/status-2011-07-11.ogg&#8221; type=&#8221;video\/ogg; codecs=&#8221;theora, vorbis&#8221;&#8221;\/&gt;&lt;\/video&gt;\n<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Friends of the Tree <a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/File:Tree.gif\" title=\"Friends of the Tree\"><\/a> <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Upcoming Events <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>This Month<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/demos\/devderby\" rel=\"nofollow\">July Dev Derby<\/a> allows anyone to show the world what they can do with HTML5 video and compete for prizes in the process. Please spread the word and encourage others to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The Dev Derby team is very proud of a successful June Derby and is preparing to announce winners in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p><b>This Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday, 11 July<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tuesday, 12 July<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday, 13 July<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, 14 July<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Friday, 15 July<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/quality.mozilla.org\/events\/2011\/07\/08\/firefox-desktop-and-mobile-test-day-friday-july-15-2011\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 6 Beta and Mobile Test Day<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Next Week<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Product Status Updates <\/span><\/h1>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> The source code migrations took place on Tuesday, 2011-07-05 (on schedule)\n<ul>\n<li> Thanks to everyone who helped in the war room!\n<\/ul>\n<li> We offered Firefox 7 (desktop) to the Aurora channel on Thursday, 2011-07-07\n<ul>\n<li> There are currently discussions about mobile creating an Aurora channel\n<\/ul>\n<li> We offered Firefox 6 (desktop and mobile) to the Beta channel on Friday, 2011-07-08\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Current (3.6, 4.0, 5.0) <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We created Firefox 5.0.1 and 3.6.19 to work around Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) issues (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/products\/2011\/07\/08\/firefox-5-minor-update-for-mac-coming-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">see the blog post for details<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li> We had to create an out-of-band update because Lion is coming before 6 but after 5\n<li> Apple hasn&#8217;t announced a date more exact than &#8220;July&#8221;\n<\/ul>\n<li> We pushed Firefox 3.6.19 to the 3.6 beta audience on Friday, 2011-07-08\n<ul>\n<li> Thanks to QA and RelEng for the quick turnaround and working late on a Friday!\n<\/ul>\n<li> We did not push 5.0.1 to anyone (as the beta channel is running 6)\n<ul>\n<li> Some users appear to have downloaded it from ftp already though\n<\/ul>\n<li> We hope to release both today (Monday, 2011-07-11) and hope to only offer updates for Mac users\n<ul>\n<li> No sense having all users download \/ install updates for a Mac-specific bug, but there are some mechanical issues to work out still\n<\/ul>\n<li> Note that there is no need for a Firefox mobile 5.0.1\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> We&#8217;ve seen some questions about 3.6 EOL. Short answer: still thinking\/discussing, canceled a previously scheduled meeting\n<ul>\n<li> We have committed to releasing Firefox 3.6.20 (previously it was 3.6.19, but the update above took that version number), shipping at the same time as Firefox 6\n<li> More 3.6 details\/planning later in August\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile Firefox <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Thunderbird 6 went to Beta channel and Thunderbird 7 went to Aurora channel last week\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Drumbeat <\/span><\/h2>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Speakers  <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It&#8217;s like a lightning talk, but don&#8217;t feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"fullwidth-table\">\n<tr>\n<th> Title<\/p>\n<th> Presenter<\/p>\n<th> Topic<\/p>\n<th> Media<\/p>\n<th> More Details<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Infrastructure Security Training Brownbags<\/p>\n<td> Michael Coates<\/p>\n<td> Regularly scheduled security brownbags for hands-on security hacking &amp; learning<\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WebAppSec#Schedule\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WebAppSec#Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WebAppSec#Schedule\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WebAppSec#Schedule<\/a><br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Bugzilla Security Keywords<\/p>\n<td> Curtis Koenig (phone)<\/p>\n<td> Using the new security keywords<\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/images\/2\/2b\/BZ_sec-keywords.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/images\/2\/2b\/BZ_sec-keywords.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Automated Speed Tests Results<\/p>\n<td> Mark C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/p>\n<td> Quick discussion of results from the automated speed tests framework<\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/brasstacks.mozilla.com\/speedtests.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/brasstacks.mozilla.com\/speedtests.html<\/a><\/p>\n<td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Gary on NBC Press: Here <\/p>\n<td> Melissa Shapiro <\/p>\n<td> Gary Kovacs interviewed for NBC Press: Here <\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/blogs\/press-here\/Mozilla_s_Ben_Kovacs_on__Press_Here___2_of_2__Bay_Area-125229834.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/blogs\/press-here\/Mozilla_s_Ben_Kovacs_on__Press_Here___2_of_2__Bay_Area-125229834.html<\/a><\/p>\n<td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Video time: What do you want the web to be? <\/p>\n<td> Mike Morgan <br \/> William Reynolds<\/p>\n<td> Just a feel-good video to start the week <\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/webdev\/What_the_web_should_be.webm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/webdev\/What_the_web_should_be.webm<\/a> <br \/> Upcoming campaign: <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycavalier.com\/2011\/07\/a-campaign-about-your-web-for-the-web\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dailycavalier.com\/2011\/07\/a-campaign-about-your-web-for-the-web\/<\/a><\/p>\n<td>\n<\/table>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Status Updates By Team  <\/span><\/h1>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Platform <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Messaging  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> mobile UX work week in Toronto this week\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> IT <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Release Engineering  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> QA  <\/span><\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt> QA Automation Services\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> The new QA Automation Services team was announced last week. They will provide a signal point of reference for all QA Automation needs, working closely with QA, the A*Team and potential vendors that we may need.\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Browser Technologies\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Shipped Firefox 6 Beta for Mobile to Android Market\n<li> Team workweek &#8211; Week of July 18th\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>WebQA\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li>SUMO <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/moxie.jamessocol.com\/bugstats\/sumo\/2011-07-05\" rel=\"nofollow\">2011-07-05<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?list_id=742525&amp;resolution=FIXED&amp;classification=Server%20Software&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;target_milestone=6.1.4&amp;product=addons.mozilla.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">AMO 6.1.4<\/a>\n<li>MDN: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=670005\" rel=\"nofollow\">0.9.7.1; minor fix<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>QA Community\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/quality.mozilla.org\/events\/2011\/07\/08\/firefox-desktop-and-mobile-test-day-friday-july-15-2011\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 6 Testday<\/a> this Friday, July 15th\n<li> If you have out-of-control bug queries or features which need testing, please get in touch with <a class=\"external text\" href=\"mailto:ahughes@mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anthony Hughes<\/a> (irc: ashughes) to get an event planned.\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Desktop Firefox QA\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> We have been qualifying 5 branches, for their respective train departures: Fx6(beta), Fx7(aurora), 3.6.19\/5.0.1, Fx6(beta) Mobile\n<ul>\n<li> Fx6 (desktop and mobile) and Fx7 are done.\n<li> Branches to follow this week.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Automation &amp; Tools <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Started working with the releng folks on building faster\n<ul>\n<li> Building dashboards for the effort to keep\n<\/ul>\n<li> Speed tests are completed, been running for most of a quarter\n<li> Special Powers is available in mochi-plain, mochi-chrome, and mochi-browser-chrome\n<li> More notes are <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Auto-tools\/Meetings\/2011-07-11\" title=\"Auto-tools\/Meetings\/2011-07-11\">here<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Security  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Engagement  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>PR<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/blogs\/press-here\/Mozilla_s_Ben_Kovacs_on__Press_Here___2_of_2__Bay_Area-125229834.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla&#8217;s Kovacs Says Tech &#8216;Battlefield is Growing&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2388318,00.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 7 Shows Up on Aurora Channel, 6 Moves to Beta<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/open-source\/news\/2011\/07\/firefox-7-pre-release-with-reduced-memory-footprint-lands-in-aurora-channel.ars\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 7 pre-release with reduced memory footprint lands in Aurora channel<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/internet\/89570-firefox-8-is-20-faster-than-firefox-5-matches-chrome-14\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 8 is 20% faster than Firefox 5, matches Chrome 14<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/8301-2007_4-20077704-12\/firefox-aurora-7-to-focus-on-performance-memory\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox Aurora 7 to focus on performance, memory<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/8308\/products\/mozilla-is-back-new-firefox-aurora-7-looks-promising\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Is Back: New Firefox Aurora 7 Looks Promising <\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/us.generation-nt.com\/download-firefox-6-beta-mozilla-news-3015021.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 6 beta available<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Events<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Creative Team<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Community Marketing<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Support  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We are adding private messaging features to our Support platform this week. <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2011\/06\/30\/sumo-is-adding-new-features-group-dashboards-and-private-messaging\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Help us<\/a> by getting involved and providing feedback.\n<li> Michelle Luna joined the SUMO team last week. She will be coordinating our mobile support efforts.\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Metrics  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Evangelism  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Labs  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Developer Tools <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Add-ons  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Webdev  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> L10n  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Introducing New Hires <\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li> David Clarke &#8211; QA Automation Services\n<li> Michelle Luna &#8211; Mobile Support Coordinator\n<li> Havi Hoffman &#8211; Content Wrangler, Labs (Developer Engagement)\n<li> Natalie Tan &#8211; Product PR Coordinator\n<li> Joe Stevensen &#8211; Infrastructure Security\n<li> Marty Rosenberg &#8211; JavaScript\n<li> Jeff Gilbert &#8211; Gfx\n<li> Tim Abraldes &#8211; Platform Integration\n<li> William LaChance &#8211; Automation &amp; Tools\n<\/ul>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Introducing New Interns <\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li> Annika Heinle, Engagement (started 7\/5)\n<li> Brian Burg, Research (started 7\/5)\n<li> Hannes Verschore, Platform (started 7\/5)\n<\/ul>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Foundation Updates  <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Roundtable <\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-11\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-11<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeeklyUpdates\/2011-07-11 &lt; WeeklyUpdates \u00ab previous week | index | next week \u00bb &lt;script&gt;if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &#8220;show&#8221;; var tocHideText = &#8220;hide&#8221;; showTocToggle(); } &lt;\/script&gt; Video for today&#8217;s meeting &lt;video controls=&#8221;controls&#8221;&gt;&lt;source src=&#8221;http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/air_mozilla\/monday_meetings\/status-2011-07-11.ogg&#8221; type=&#8221;video\/ogg; codecs=&#8221;theora, vorbis&#8221;&#8221;\/&gt;&lt;\/video&gt; Friends of the Tree Upcoming Events This Month The July Dev Derby allows anyone to show the world what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[257],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}